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Desperate! Invalid VxD dynamic link call

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needydude

Technical User
Oct 5, 2003
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US
I'm desperate..turning to you guys for help. Here we go.....

First, when I bootup in Windows (using Win98SE), right before it finished loading everything, when it's almost finished, I set a REDX message from Windows saying that I need to run the printer setup again because my printer isn't "configured" properly. So I do it. I delete my printer completely..drivers and all, reboot, reload...and STILL get that same message when I reboot again. Thing is, even with this message, my printer works just fine.

NEXT

When I shut down the computer START..SHUTDOWN...SHUTDOWN, right when the computer should shut off, I get a blue screen of death that reads:

"Invalid VxD dynamic link call from EMON (01) + 00002449 to device "34A4", service 1. Your Windows configuration is invalid. Run Windows setup program again to correct this problem."

O.K. Here what I've already done/tried.

1) I read up on the Microsoft page about invalid dynamic link issues; according to them, the program, EMON, is looking for a device driver that it can't find. We know this because any four letter or number combination...as in "34A4" means that EMON can't find the device driver. Now, according to Microsoft, I need to either identify the program, EMON,...these letter MIGHT be a hint, and delete it, or add the drivers it is looking for again. Here's the prob: I have NO IDEA what program "EMON" actually is. I've only loaded a few programs as of late, and I've correctly removed them via ADD/REMOVE programs and the problem remains.

2) Already tried restoring the registy to a previous date via scanreg/restore. Curiously, when I attempted to do this in DOS, it gave me registry dates to choose from, I chose the earliest date, hit restore...and it said RESTORE FAILED.

3)Already ran SCANDISK and fixed any file errors.

GENERAL THOUGHTS:

1)What I want is just some simple freeware program that identifies Windows errors like by invalid vxd dynamic link error and just fixes them, or a least helps me identify the program ENOM. Any programs like this? LET ME KNOW. A program like this might not exist...this might be wishful thinking on my part.

2) Of course, what I'm trying to avoid is the COPOUT, "reload Windows...hey, that didn't work? Then WIPE/F-Disk and reload windows."

3) On the stuff I tried, I don't know if that was good stuff to try, or if I was totally off-base.

Anyway......help, help, help me! Any advice would be appreciated.

P.S. On a stupid note....the computer and everything, so far, WORKS JUST FINE. I just want to get rid of the printer config. misreading and the blue screen of death when I shut down.
 
YES!!!!!!!
Tears of joy. Problem solved, baby!

What I did:

1) Uninstalled the printer under ADD/REMOVE programs

2) Ran sysedit

3) Deleted the above-mentioned lines and saved changes

4) Rebooted comp.

5) Reinstalled the printer.

What this fixed: a)no printer config error message when I turn the comp on b) no blue-sceen of death when I turn the computer off so the comp will now, again, totally shut down automatically...I now longer have to do it manually.

TekTippy4U...."I love you, man"

Final question we may never know the answer to: what caused this in the first place? This was a printer problem, even though the printer had worked fine for a year and a half....and then I just reloaded the printer again and things are fine. It would be cool to know why this problem happened, but, most importantly, IT'S FIXED!

And he slides into home...SAFE...

END OF THREAD


 
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